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Province, 117 CE
Dacia
Imperial province, praetorian legateCapital: Sarmizegetusa
The empire's newest province, finished in 106 CE after Trajan's two hard-fought wars against King Decebalus — commemorated the same year on the 200-foot spiral relief of Trajan's Column in Rome. A gold rush followed almost immediately at Alburnus Maior in the Apuseni mountains; veteran colonies were still being planted when Trajan died eleven years later.
15 places on the map
- Alburnus Maior · Mine
- Ampelum · Mine
- Arutela · Auxiliary Fort
- Buridava · Auxiliary Fort
- Castra Apulum · Fort
- Castra Traiana · Auxiliary Fort
- Excidium Sarmizegetusae Regiae · Battle
- Pons Aluti · Auxiliary Fort
- Pons Traiani · Bridge
- Pons Vetus · Auxiliary Fort
- Praetorium · Auxiliary Fort
- Rusidava · Auxiliary Fort
- Salinae · Salina
- Tapae · Battle
- Tapae · Battle
Sources
- Cassius Dio, Roman History 68.6–14
- Trajan's Column reliefs
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